Person

Bennett, Kenrick Harold (1835 - 1891)

Born
1835
Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia
Died
30 June 1891
Ivanhoe, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Natural history collector
Alternative Names
  • Bennett, Kenric (Also known as)

Summary

Kenrick Bennett collected indigenous fodder grasses, plants, etc from the Lachlan River, New South Wales during the second half of the nineteenth century. He is known to have collected plant specimens for Joseph Maiden.

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Born ca 1840. Died Ivanhoe, near Hay, New South Wales, 30 June 1891. Bush naturalist, with three major interests - birds, on whose habits he wrote a number of articles; native plants, which he collected both for himself and J.H. Maiden (q.v.) and published a number of papers on; and the native weapons, implements and utensils of aborigines.

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details

Books

  • Bennett, K. H., Descriptive list of Australian Aboriginal weapons, implements, etc. from the Darling and Lachlan Rivders in the Australian Museum (Sydney: Australian Museum, 1887), 8 pp. Details

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See also

Rosanne Walker

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